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Three generations of women converge on the family beach house in this wickedly funny, emotionally resonant story of love and dysfunction from the author of the best-selling debut novel Commencement (“One of this year’s most inviting summer novels” — The New York Times ). The Kelleher family... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Alice Brennan: Matriarch of the family
- Mrs. Ann Marie Kelleher: married to Patrick, marked as the in-law
- Kathleen: Oldest child of Alice and Daniel
- Maggie Doyle: Daughter of Kathleen
- Gabe Warner: Maggie's significant other
- Little Daniel: Grandson of Alice, son of Patrick
- Mary Daley: Alice's sister
- Rhiannon: Maggie's neighbor and new friend.
- Uncle Patrick: Maggie's Uncle
- Arlo: Kathleens husband.
- Fiona Kelleher: Add a description of this character.
- Henry Winslow
- Patty Kelleher
- Aunt Clare
- Paul Doyle
- Christopher
- Linda Brewer
- Stephen Brewer
- Ryan
- Grandma
- Timothy
- Ben Cunningham
- Joe Frisco
- Daniel Kelleher
- Connor Donnelly
- Regina
- Josh
- Rita O'Shea
- Allegra
- Adam
- Rich Hayes
- Cape Neddick
- Trudy
- Dr. Rosen
- Grandpa
- Mort
- Perkins
- Michael
- Mrs. Bloom
- Shauna
- Mabel
- Raul
- Flora
- Isabella Stewart Gardner
- Maiden Mary
- Mack
- Ruby
- David Martin
- Aunt Kitty
- Whitey Bulger
- Christian Taylor
- Foster
- Susan Devine
- Mr. Kristal
- Marlene Dietrich
- Patricia Weinstein
- Martin McDonough
- Monica Randolph
- Mary Clancy
- Eleanor
- Ned Barnell
- Ronald Allan
- Ann Marie Clancy
- Brendan
- Mary Fallon
- Maisy
- Florence Sitterle
- Jackie Gleason
- Jim Lowenthal
- Aunt Rose
- Edna St. Vincent Millay
- St. Agnes
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“"The Kellehers prided themselves on coming together when something vaguely resembling a tragedy occurred-anything from a funeral to a flat tire. Perhaps this was one of the benefits of having a large family, but to Kathleen it always seemed slightly disingenuous, as if they were making up for the horrible ways they had treated one another over the years simply by taking someone's temperature or making a casserole."”
Kathleen
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Arlo believed that life was short and you should interact only with people you enjoyed. He also believed that loyalty was earned—sharing a bloodline didn’t mean you had to be close.
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No thing that ever flew, not the lark, not you, can die as others do.
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Parenthood by its very nature was the only job she knew of in which being successful meant rendering yourself useless.
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The most important choice you can make is the person you reproduce with. You’ll be stuck with him forever, even when you haven’t spoken in twenty years.
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“You all seem to think that you should marry someone when you feel this intense emotion, which you call love. And then you expect that the love will fade over time, as life gets harder. When what you should do is find yourself a nice enough fellow and let real love develop over years and births and deaths and so on.”
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The problem with her children and grandchildren was simply that they wanted too terribly to be happy. They were always in search of it, trying to better themselves, improve upon their current situation so that they might feel no pain. They thought every problem on earth could be solved by turning inward.
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Timing was everything when it came to being a woman—the moment you entered the world could seal your fate.
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He had been smart enough not to have children, so he would never know the peculiar sensation of caring terribly, insanely, for a person over whom you had no control; a person who was your responsibility yet no longer had to answer to you.
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(“Your knees should have a party and invite your skirt down,” Maggie’s grandfather had said whenever she wore a dress he deemed too short.)
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First Sentence edit
Alice decided to take a break from packing.
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Authors & Contributors edit
- J. Courtney Sullivan (Author)
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Original Language: English
Publisher: Knopf
Country: New York, USA
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 384
Publisher: Knopf
Country: New York, USA
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 384
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- Dewey: 813.6
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